Re: Ideal 3 weight?
I agree with the previous post that you really don't need a 3 wt. Personally, I use an old Hardy glass 5 wt. (7') for most of my small stream fishing. That rod, a 7'9" glass & an 8' Steffen glass cover just about any trout fishing I would do (they're all 5 wts.) although now my goto rod is an 8' 5/6 wt. bamboo (most of what I fish are larger tailwaters or larger spring creeks.
That said, I do still have my Echo 7'6" 3 wt. that gets fished every now and then (it's a ton of fun on our small stream Sea Run Cutts)...but, since I've moved away from graphite I pretty much only fish those other rods.
~Randy
"Some people fish their entire lives without realizing it's not the fish they're after."